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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78018259
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of George S. Denison, lawyer and civil servant, were given to the Library of Congress by James Denison, Franklin Denison, and Mary Jameson, 1904-1935.
The main portion of the Denison Papers were bound circa 1930, The finding aid was created in 2016.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of George S. Denison is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of George S. Denison are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George S. Denison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of George Stanton Denison (1833-1866) span the years 1851-1884, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1851-1866. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts and printed copies of articles, and broadsides relating chiefly to Denison's life and work as a lawyer in San Antonio, Texas; collector of internal revenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the Civil War; and supervising special agent of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Texas, 1865-1866. The collection includes correspondence with Salmon P. Chase. Also included is correspondence with family members in Vermont detailing northern views on social conditions in the South prior to the Civil War.
The bulk of the collection is organized chronologically in bound volumes with loose items filed in a separate container at the end.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78018259